Do most people stress about returning to work after a holiday?

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And if not how do you not?! I don’t love my job which may be part of the problem. I don’t dread going back as such but really don’t look forward to it and feel a bit anxious.

Not stressed as such, but apprehensive. I'm a teacher already working my notice and not looking forward to this term. While it's far less pressure than usual for me personally, I'm still being put under the formal observation/ scrutiny/ whatever bullshit measures we're up against cycle like everyone else even though there is zero point to it. I mean, I've already handed in my notice. Are they going to fire me if I perform badly? Not that I will; I have personal pride. So stuck in that weird zone where I care but don't care.

Doesn't help that I've spent 4 days of my holiday working.

Oh, and with Y11 exams around the corner I know we'll be worked to death again until they leave, with enforced revision sessions every free minute of our days and beyond contracted time. Funnily enough I wouldn't mind if that was a choice, but hey ho.

So yes. I've enjoyed my time off and am now back in the cycle of work-sleep-work-sleep asking what this life is that everyone is talking about.

Always, the minute l stop my regular routine l don't want to go back.
It's why l waste so much money on lottery tickets.
Once l am back, on ok, it's not so bad.

I'm looking forward to going back but I really love my job, which I'm sure has a lot to do with it!
I've enjoyed the holidays very much, but I like the routine of work days.

Yep. I only had 2 extra days off than everyone else over Easter and I was a bit anxious. I also realise that I would much prefer life without full time work!

Never, but I love my job and look forward to getting back to it.

Not stress but I do get the end of holiday blues, especially if I have gone away somewhere lovely. But even if I stay at home, I always wonder how do I ever manage to fit in work. And I like my job! But there are so many other things I like to do too, including taking it easy and not rushing around and especially not having to leave the house so early in the morning.

For me it's the apprehension of the unknown, logging back in after the extended time off to goodness knows how many emails and the mammoth task of trying to identify what remains for my attention/input, and what has already been addressed and totally settled and therefore NFA.
I try to be patient with myself and set reasonable boundaries upon my return, such as giving myself at least a good couple of days to fully adjust back into the routine and just play catch up, and not expecting to have it all sussed within the first hour of my first day back.

It certainly is gutting how long we look forward to turning our Out Of Office on, yet how quickly we're back in the swing of things!

I'm back tomorrow after a fortnight off and while I'm not dreading work, because I like my job, I bumped into a (highly strung) colleague today which reminded me how much she gets on my tits. So I'm apprehensive about that.

No. Never. I enjoy my time off. I'm then happy to get back to work and happy to get stuck back into it.

Why anxious? That's not normal.

I'm always a bit apprehensive after returning from holiday because we basically have so few staff that I know that no-one will have done any work for me and there will be hundreds of answerphone messages and emails to deal with.

Totally. I’m the only person in my role, it’s slightly specialist, which means I have no cover when I go on leave - aside from some admin managed by business support. And I’ve also got lots of routine but important deadlines so it all just piles up. I end up pulling long hours before leave and after.

It’s shit. In fact every holiday I’ve had the past year I’ve worked part of because there’s been no one to keep things ticking over for me.